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Brian Jacks (born 5 October 1946)[1] is a British judoka who won Britain's first medal at a world championship, taking a bronze in Salt Lake City in 1967,[2] and gained a second bronze at the 1972 Munich Olympics.[1]

Brian Jacks
BJA 8th Dan, WMAC 10th Dan

Brian Jacks in 1967
Personal information
Birth name	Brian Albert Thomas Jacks
Nationality	Great Britain
Born	(1946-10-05) 5 October 1946 (age 76) London, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Judo
Rank	British Judo Association (BJA) 8th Dan, World Martial Arts Council (WMAC) 10th Dan
Club	Budokwai
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1972 Munich -80 kg World Championships 1967 Salt Lake City -80 kg European Championships 1970 Berlin -80 kg 1973 Madrid -80 kg 1965 Madrid -70 kg pro 1964 Berlin -68 kg pro 1967 Rome -80 kg 1971 Gothenburg -80 kg Junior European Championships 1964 Berlin -80 kg

Superstars

Brian Jacks later achieved national fame, due to his enormous upper body strength, for his outstanding performances on the BBC programme Superstars,[3] all-around sports competition that pits elite athletes from different sports against one another in a series of athletic events resembling a decathlon. He was one of the most successful competitors and dominated the British and European version of the contest from 1979 to 1980, winning four titles.

Jacks was most famous for his efforts in the gymnasium, where he repeatedly set records in the "gym tests", including 100 parallel bar dips in 60 seconds in the 1981 Challenge of the Champions, and 118 squat thrusts in the 1980 World Final. ^{[citation needed]} He was also very dominant in the weightlifting, canoeing and cycling events, rarely placing lower than second. Jacks was never able to win the World Superstars title, being forced to miss the 1979 event due to illness and finishing third in 1980. In 1981 he was beaten for the first time in Europe (by Keith Fielding) and would never again compete in Superstars.

His victories in the British and European Superstars led to the creation of the branded computer games: Brian Jacks Superstar Challenge and Brian Jacks Uchi Mata.

Superstars record

Year	Event	Position
1979	British Heat 2	1st
1979	British Final	1st
1979	European Final	1st
1980	British Final	1st
1980	International	1st
1980	World Final	3rd
1981	Challenge of the Champions	3rd

Retirement

After retiring from judo he opened a fitness and martial arts club, and in 1990 he started a company hiring bouncy castles. In 1984 he briefly appeared on the BBC show Micro Live, where he set up his new Atari 800XL with his family.[4]

Jacks lives in Pattaya, Thailand and runs a 60-room hotel/condo building.[5]

Jacks has held the official judo rank of 8th Dan from the British Judo Association (BJA) since November 1994.[6] Although considered retired from judo since the 1990s, and until recently rarely seen on the judo scene for more than 20 years, Jacks is now listed by a British multi-martial arts organization called World Martial Arts Council, as a 10th Dan.[7]

Autobiography

• "Brian Jacks: The Mindset of a Champion", Brian Jacks, 2017 - ISBN 978-9811140792

References

External links

• Brian Jacks at JudoInside.com
• Brian Jacks at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Brian Jacks

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[fr] Brian Jacks

Brian Jacks, né le 5 octobre 1946 à Londres, est un judoka britannique. Il participe aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1972 dans la catégorie des poids moyens et remporte la médaille de bronze[1].

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[it] Brian Jacks

Brian Jacks (Londra, 5 ottobre 1946) è un judoka inglese.[1] Vinse la prima medaglia di bronzo della Gran Bretagna in un campionato mondiale, ottenendola a Salt Lake City nel 1967, e vinse il suo secondo bronzo alla XX Olimpiade tenutasi a Monaco di Baviera.[1] In seguito lui ottenne la fama nazionale per le sue eccezionali prestazioni nel "Gym Test" nel programma Superstars della BBC.[2] Le sue vittorie nel Superstars britannico ed europeo portarono la creazione dei giochi per Computer: Brian Jacks Superstars Challenge e Brian Jacks Uchi Mata. Lui attribuì le sue grandi performance del "Gym Test" nei benefici di mangiare tante arance. Dopo essersi ritirato dal judo lui aprì un centro di fitness e arti marziali, e nel 1990 aprì una società di noleggio di castelli gonfiabili. Nel 1984 apparve brevemente nello show "Micro Live" della BBC, dove aprì il suo nuovo Atari 8-bit con la sua famiglia.[1]

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[ru] Джэкс, Брайан

Брайан Джэкс (англ. Brian Albert Thomas Jacks; род. 5 октября 1946, Лондон) — британский дзюдоист, чемпион и призёр чемпионатов Европы, бронзовый призёр чемпионата мира, бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1972 года в Мюнхене, участник трёх Олимпиад.

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